Subject Questions

Subject Questions

​Are they regular, "normal" questions?

How do you make a question?​

Questions have some similar patterns in English.

Questions

Question Formation

Questions in English are usually formed by either inverting the verb and subject, or by adding an auxiliary verb before the subject (and putting the main verb in bare infinitive form).

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Am I a human being?

Do you know any extraterrestrial being?​

Auxiliars: do does, did, can, could, would, shall, have has, was were, will, be, etc...

Regular

Questions​

"Normal Questions"

​Regular Questions

When we are asking a yes/no question, or looking for information about an object (i.e. what does the verb the subject is engaged in do/do to), we either add an auxiliary verb and put the verb into bare infinitive form.

Subject | Subject

bare infinitive: a verb without any change.

Write the right question based on the following sentences. Don´t forget to use capital letters, periods, etc. 

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Ready?​

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I like dancing.

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He completed his homework.

​Regular Questions

For verb forms that already use an additional verb (such as to have in perfect tenses, and to be in continuous forms), we simply invert the subject and verb:

Subject | Subject

invert= change its position, generally to the begginig.

I now you're ready to complete the following task...​

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Write the right question!​

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She is swimming in the sea.

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They have used all the paper.

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It had been there for hours.

​Regular Questions

These forms are exactly the same when we add question words, the question word simply comes at the beginning of the question.

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Note that all of these questions ask about additional information in the sentences – they are not questions about who or what did the verb.​

Subject | Subject

Question Words: what, where, how old, how many, when, etc.

another task...​

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put everything in the right place!​

Reorder

Reorder the following

• why

• do

• you

• like

• dancing?

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• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• how

• did

• he

• complete

• his homework?

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• 1
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• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• where

• is

• she

• swimming

• ?

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5

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• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• what

• have

• they

• used

• ?

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Reorder

Reorder the following

• how long

• had

• it

• been

• there for?

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Subject

Questions​

They are not "Normal Questions"

Subject Questions

Subject Questions are used to ask who or what was engaged in the main verb.

In these kind of questions, the question word replaces the ​subject. That is why they are simpler than regular questions, as you just need to replace the subject with a question word and add a question mark.

Subject | Subject

A question word followed by a verb, don't forget the question mark

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I like dancing.

Fill in the Blanks

He completed his homework.

Fill in the Blanks

It had been there for hours.

Subject questions are used to ask about the subject, not the object.

We love this movie.

Who loves ​this movie?

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​Subject=what or who is engaged in the action

Object=something that recieves the action.​

Subject questions

Subject Questions

Question words can change the conjugation of the verb.

Generally if we do not know the subject, and we ask a question with who or what, then the verb should be conjugated in the third person form.

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Who wants a cup of coffee?

What needs ​to be done?

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

Select the correct option.

• What music do you like?

• What music you like?

• Both are correct!

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The car is in the garage. (subject question)

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Julie loves ice cream. (object question)

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Julie loves ice cream. (subject question)

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David has lost his wallet (object question)

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David has lost his wallet (subject question)

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The caterpillar became a butterfly (object question).

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The caterpillar became a butterfly (object question).

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The teacher is living in Istanbul (object question).

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The teacher is living in Istanbul (subject question).

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The teenagers enjoyed the party (object question).

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The teenagers enjoyed the party (subject question).